Coordinates | 20°27′41.3″N45°25′56.3″N |
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name | The Perfect Game |
director | William Dear |
producer | David SalzbergChristian TureaudJason French |
writer | W. William Winokur |
starring | Clifton Collins Jr.Cheech MarinMoises AriasJake T. AustinRyan OchoaCarlos PadillaJansen PanettiereCarlos GómezEmilie de RavinPatricia ManterolaLouis Gossett Jr. |
music | Bill Conti |
cinematography | Bryan F. Greenberg |
editing | Chris Conlee |
studio | HighRoad EntertainmentPrelude Pictures |
distributor | |
released | |
runtime | 118 minutes |
country | |
language | English |
gross | $3,878,993 }} |
When the team arrives in the United States, they are met with racism, a language barrier, and visa troubles. Though the underdogs, the team scores a series of victories that endear them to the media, and new fans. They befriend a sports reporter, Frankie (Emilie de Ravin) and the groundskeeper, Cool Papa Bell (Louis Gossett, Jr.), who then assist the boys in reaching the final game.
The Industriales win all qualifying tournaments, to many rather unexpectedly, and advance to the Little League World Series as the first Mexican team. There, they make it to the finals and defeat the highly favored team from La Mesa, California, by a score of 4-0. The Pitcher from Monterrey, Angel Macías, threw the first and only perfect game in championship history.
The film scenes in Monterrey, which is the leading industrial center, one of the largest Mexican cities for over 100 years and a major center for science and research in Mexico, depicted the city as a two-burro village where the children played ball in the dirt choked streets with pigs and chickens serving as bases. The Border between Mexico and Texas was portrayed as an out-in-the-middle-of-nowhere border crossing along a dirt road, instead of a bridge border-crossing over the Rio Grande. The digital work to recreate the separate looks for the United States and Monterrey in 1957 was done by Post Logic Studios.
A. O. Scott of At the Movies said, "[From] the second minute of the movie I knew every single thing that was going to happen and there was not a single surprise." Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune wrote, "The movie feels fradulent, whether it's sticking to the historical record or going its own way with the customary composites and revisions and fabrications." The film ranking website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 54% of critics have given The Perfect Game positive reviews, based upon a sample of 39.
Category:2009 films Category:2000s drama films Category:American films Category:American baseball films Category:American drama films Category:English-language films Category:Films directed by William Dear Category:Baseball films Category:Films set in Mexico Category:Films set in the 1950s Category:Lions Gate Entertainment films
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